Electric motor



Feb. 1, 1949. E. HART I 2,460,418

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Patented Feb. 1, 1949 8 UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE 2,460,418 ELECTRIC MOTOR Edward Hart, San Marino, Calif., asslgnor to A. 0. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, Wis., a cornotation of New York Application August 18, 1944, Serial No. 550,023

10 Claims. (Cl. 17236) -This invention relates to electric motors and The forward shroud l3 of the impeller til is has been applied to the construction ofv motors sealed between the high pressure and low presemployed in centrifugal pump units wherein the sure sides by the wear plate ring it. The tear motor is at least partially cooled by flowing shroud it of the impeller it is open on its rear therethrough a part of the pumpedfiuid. face to allow pumped fiuid to pass inwardly and Such a motor pump unit is described in the corearwardly through the motor chamber. ubpending application of the present inventor, Semerging and cooling rotor 5 and bearings l and rial No. 534,035, filed May 4, 1944, now aban- 8. Circulation of the coolin medium is obtained cloned, for Motor pump unit. by a conduit which returns a predetermined One of the difficulties encountered in the use restricted. amount of the pumped fluid from the of motor pump units of this type lies in the inrear end of the motor chamber to the pump injury to various parts such as the insulation of let it. the stator windings when pumping hot or corro- In accordance with the present invention, the sive fluids. stator Ill and its windings 88 are enclosed in a The principal object of the invention is to more package it comprising a pair of end plates it effectively protect the stator and its windings and it joined by an outer cylindrical ring 22 and from the fluid being circulated through the 1110- a pair of inner cylindrical rings :23 and 24 which tor for cooling the same. bridge the gap between the corresponding end Another object is to provide auxiliary cooling plates and 2t and the stator laminations ll. means for the stator separate from that for the 20 The inner ends of rings 23 and 24 are secured rotor. in'notches 25 at the inner corners of the stator Another object is to provide a more compact H. A thin foil-like cylinder of corrosion resistunit and facilitate assembly of the same. ant metal 26 lines the inside opening through the According to the invention the stator and its package and extends throughout the length of windings are contained in a cartridge-like pack- 25 the package, being backed by the respective rings age which may be readily assembled and sealed 23 and 24 and by the inner face of the stator in the motor housing. Outer connections are lamlnations I1.

provided in the cartridge wall and motor housing The lining 26 is secured in place by silver solfor circulating a separate cooling medium around der 2'! or the like at each end, sealing the same the stator. 30 to the outer ends of the respective rings 23 and The invention is illustrated in the accompany- 24. To facilitate the silver soldering operation ing drawings in which: at the ends, the end plates are recessed at 2B,

Figure 1 is an axial section through a motor whereby the ends of the sleeve-like rings 23 and pump unit showing the application of the inven- 24 can be readily heated for soldering purposes. tion to a unit like that described in applicant's In assembling the package, the rings 23 and co-pending application above referred to; 24 are first secured in the respective end plates Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the stator pack- 20 and 2| by fillet welds 29. Then the rings are age prior to assembly in the motor housing; assembled with the stator l! by locating the inner Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the package; and ends of the rings in the respective notches 25 in Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view showing the 40 the stator. In making this assembly the stator construction of the inner liner. I! has the outer sleeve 22 secured to its outer The unit comprises, in general, a cylindrical surface, and when the end plates 20 and 2| come motor housing I with a removable rear end cap to final location a portion of each enters the re- 2 and a pump housing 3 secured to its forward spective end of sleeve 22 like a plug. The pack end. age is secured in assembled relation by welds 30 The tor sha t 4 Carrying t ot r 5 te ds between the end edges of sleeve 22 and circumally of ho ing I and is supported by r i l ferential ridges 3l on the respective plates 20 and thrust bearings 6 and 1, respectively, in the nd 2|.

rear end of the housing, and by the radial bearing After the package is assembled as described 8 in an adapter head 9 secured between the forthe lining 26 is inserted and silver soldered in ward end of housing I and the pump housing 3- place. The lining sleeve is preferably of monel An impeller I0 is secured on the forward end metal or of some non-magnetic corrosion reof the shaft in the pump housing 3, and the sistant metal or material. It should be very thin latter provides an axial inlet II and a volute latin order not to interfere with the flux passing eral discharge outlet I: for the impeller. from the stator to the rotor of the motor. A thickness of from ten to twenty-five thousandths of an inch has been found to be satisfactory. The rings 23 and 24 serve to support the lining against fluid pressures. i

The package is is assembled in the housing I by endwise movement from the front end. The rear end plate H is sealed against an end flange 32 on the housing by a circular packing gland 33. Bolts 34 passing through flange 82 and into end plate 2| secure the package in place and a ainst turning. The package is sealed to the housing i at its forward end by the ring 85 which has a flange 35 entering a space between the end plate 20 and the housing for compressing the packing ring or gasket 31, the ridge 3| serving to back the gasket against the longitudinal pressure of the flange. The ring 35 is secured to end plate 2!! by bolts 38.

The outer sleeve 22 has openings 39 therein for receiving cooling fluid from the circumferential radial spaces 80 between the sleeve and housing 9. Openings ii in the housing are adapted for supplying cooling fluid to the spaces to and stator. The cooling iiuid thus supplied to the stator should not be corrosive and is entirely independent of that passing through the rotor chamber of the motor and the bearings.

The electrical connections 62 for the stator windings it pass out of the package is through an opening 43 in the rear end plate 2! and connect with binding posts id in a sealed insulating plate d secured in a side opening in housing 0.

Various embodiments of the invention may be employed within the scope of the claims.

I claim:

, l. in a rotary electric motor, a stator, stator windings therefor, a housing for the motor, a separate package enclosure containing the stator and its windings and remova'oiy secured in said motor housing, means for sealing the ends oi said package in said housing, means to pass a cooling fluid through the motor around the rotor, and means to pass a different cooling fluid through said stator package, said end seals for the package separating the respective cooling media.

2. In a rotary electric motor, a stator, stator windings therefor, a housing for the motor, a

separate package enclosure containing the stator and its windings and removaloiy secured in said motor housing, the inside surface oi said package being cylindrical and comprising the stator lamb nations and a sleeve of corresponding inside diameter interlocked therewith and extending from each end thereof, and a ioil-iike corrosion esistant metal lining for the entire inner surace of the package.

3. In a motor, a foil-like corrosion resistant non-magnetic lining for the rotor opening in the stator laminations, and means supporting said lining against fluid pressures, said means comprising sleeves extending from the stator lamina tions to substantially the opposite ends of the motor, and said lining being of rnonobrnetal and being sealed at its ends by silver solder to said sleeves, the ends of said sleeves and lining being exposed and free from direct contact withheat conductive material to facilitate the soldering thereof without injury to the lining.

e. In a rotary electric motor, a stator, stator windings therefor, a housing for the motor, a separate package enclosure containing the stator and its windings and removably secured in said motor housing, means for sealing the ends of said package in said housing, means to pass a cooling fluid through the motor around the rotor, and means to pass a cooling fluid through said stator package.

5. In an electric motor adapted to be submerged in a corrosive liquid and having a stator composed of a core with energizing windings, a

separate removable stator assembly constituting a package with the core and winding enclosed therein for insertion as a unit into the motor housing, and means to seal the ends of the package against the housing, the outer walls of the package having openings into the motor housin and the inner walls of the package constituting a leak-proof seal separating the stator from the rotor and from the liquid surrounding the rotor.

65. In a rotary electric motor including a stator, stator windings therefor, a housing for the motor, and end closures for said housing adapted to provide bearing supports for the rotor of the motor, a separate package enclosure containing the stator and its windings removably secured in said motor housing, the inside surface of said package being cylindrical and covered by a cylindrical lining of foil-like thickness of corrosion resistant material sealed at the ends of the package, means for removably securing one end of said package to one of said closures, and means to allow limited longitudinal movement of the other end of said package within said housing to pro tect said lining against damage as by thermal expansion and contraction.

7. In a rotary electric motor including a stator, stator windings therefor, a housing for the motor, and end closures for said housing adapted to provide hearing supports for the rotor of the motor, a separate package enclosure containing the stator and its windings removably seemed in said motor housing, the inside surface of said pack= age comprising the stator laminations and a sleeve interlocked therewith and. extending from each end thereof and being covered icy a cyiin= dricai lining of foil-iike thickness of corrosion resistant material sealed at ends of the pack age, means for removably securing and sealing one end of said package to one oi said closures and means to allow limited longitudinal inoveoi the other end of said package within said housing to protect said lining against dain= age as loy thermal expansion and contraction and to seal said end to protect said stator and Windings against corrosive liquids, the outer wall of said package being open to the inside oi said housing between said seals.

In a rotary electric pump motor for pumping corrosive liquids including a rotor adapted to be cooled by the pumped liquids, a stator, stator windings and electrical connections therefor, a housing for the motor, and end closures for said housing adapted to provide bearing supports for said rotor, a separate corrosion resistant package enclosure containing the stator and its windings and having openings on the outside thereof for said electrical connections and for the circulation of a separate cooling medium for said stator, means for removably securing and sealing one end of said package to one of said closures and means to allow limited longitudinal movement of the other end of said package within said housing and to seal said end to protect said windings and electrical connections therefor within the housing against corrosive liquids.

9. In a rotary electric motor and pump unit including a rotor, a stator, stator windings therefor, a housing for the motor, and end closures for w said housing adapted to provide hearing supports for said rotor, a separate package enclosure containing the stator and its windings to be remova-bly secured in said motor housing, the inside surface of said package being cylindrical and covered by a cylindrical lining of toil-like thickness of corrosion resistant material sealed at the ends of the package, means to pass the pumped fluid through the motor around said rotor, sepaarate means'to pass a cooling fluid through the outer walls of said stator package and housing, means securing and sealing one end of said package to one of said end closures, and ring seal means providing limited longitudinal movement of the other end of said package within said housing to protect said lining against damage by thermal expansion and contraction and to seal said cooling fluid from the pumped liquids.

10. In a rotary electric motor, a stator, stator windings therefor, a substantially cylindrical housing for the motor having end closures adapted go 2,023,259

to provide bearing supports for the rotor of the motor, a packaged unit for containing the stator and its windings, said unit having a cylindrical outer wall and a cylindrical inner wall formed by the stator and a sleeve interlocked. as

EDWARD HART.

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